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Moon Jae-in sworn in as president of South Korea Moon Jae-in Moon Jae-in was sworn in as the new South Korean president in the Parliament Building, hours after winning a landslide victory in the five-way presidential race, a media report said on Wednesday.Read More

South Korea, France to cooperate in high-tech industriesSouth Korean President Park Geun-hye and visiting French President Francois Hollande agreed on Wednesday to deepen cooperation in high-tech industries and new technology sectors.Park and Hollande adopted an action plan to strengthen bilateral partnership for the 21st century, Xinhua quoted Seoul's presidential office as saying.http://bit.ly/1RWyuN1 http://www.uitvconnect.com/newspaper/south-korea-france-cooperate-high-tech-industries

South Korea confirms state textbook planSouth Korean Prime Minster Hwang Kyo-ahn on Tuesday announced that government-issued history textbooks for secondary education would be officially reinstated following the failure of the current private publication system even after four years into implementation. http://bit.ly/1k7gYva http://www.uitvconnect.com/newspaper/south-korea-confirms-state-textbook-plan

South Korea, Japan start summit after three-year hiatusSouth Korean President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe started their first-ever summit meeting in Seoul on Monday after an extended diplomatic freeze.Park's office Cheong Wa Dae said the bilateral meeting started at about 10.05 a.m. local time (0105 GMT) in the presidential Blue House that is scheduled to run for about 90 minutes, Xinhua news agency reported. http://bit.ly/1Q1xObHhttp://www.uitvconnect.com/newspaper/south-korea-japan-start-summit-after-three-year-hiatus

South Korea, US to hold summit in October" South Korean President Park Geun-hye and US President Barack Obama will
hold a summit in Washington on October 16 after delaying the meeting in
June amid the rapid spread of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
(MERS) in South Korea." http://bit.ly/1P8W0Vwhttp://www.uitvconnect.com/newspaper/south-korea-us-hold-summit-october

South Korea health ministry has reported 13 more cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) on Wednesday, raising the total number to 108.The death toll has increased to nine as two more patients died on Wednesday, reported Xinhua news agency.